It’s one of Malaysia’s favourites; the dodol.
But in Malacca on the first day on Hari Raya, this chewy sweet turned deadly for K. Sanmugam, 67, who died after having a piece of it stuck in his throat.
According to Bernama, the victim and his wife S.Santhaletchmy, 66, were enjoying the treat around 10am when she noticed him struggling. She then patted his back and tried to extract the piece of dodol from his mouth with her fingers.
He was rushed to the Pantai Hospital where doctors had reportedly said that he was in serious condition. Sanmugam died minutes later.
“I bought that dodol more than a week ago and I cut it into little pieces. At first I had advised him to not eat it but he refused to listen to me,” she was quoted as saying adding that he had suffered a stroke 15 years ago which limited his movements.
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